Hay-carrier counter-balance



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. J. MEGGERS.

HAY CARRIER COUNTER-BALANCE.

No. 372,693. Patented Nov. 8, 1887.

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J. MEGGERS.

HAY CARRIER COUNTER-BALANCE.

No. 372,693. Patented Nov. 8, 1887.

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H-AY-CA RRl-ER COUNTER-BALANCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,693, dated November 8, 1887.

Application filed April 27 1887.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN Mneenns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Charlotte, in the county of Clinton and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hay-Carrier Counter-Balances, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a hay-carrier counter-balance; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of the parts of the same, which will be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

The object of my invention is to provide simple and effective means whereby a pulley may be automatically operated to wind or unwind a rope surrounding the same by the use of weights, the several parts being of strong and durable construction, easily handled and readily understood, and comparatively inexpensive in manufacture. I attain this object by the mechanism shown in the accompanying drawings,wherein like letters of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hay-carrier and track with my improvement shown in operative connection therewith. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the pulley.

A indicates the track,upon which a suitable form of hay-carrier, B, may be mounted, and under this track a frame-work, O, is secured having depending arms 0, in which a pulley, G, is mounted upon a shaft having bearing in said depending arms a. Adjacent to the arms 0 and mounted on the shaft are two circular guard-plates, c, and in the forward portion of the frame 0 a guard or guide-strip in the form of a loop, 0 is secured, through which the operating-rope 1 passes, which encircles thepulley O at one end and at the other end passes through a small pulley, 2, in connection with the side of the track A. This pulley O is constructed of two circular plates keyed on the shaft 0 and having a series of pins circularly arranged therein and uniting the two plates or heads thereof. The cord 1 as it is wound between the two heads of the pulleys G engages with the small pins which are arranged close to the outer peripheries of the plates of the pulleys 0. By this means it will be seen that a cramping or entanglement of the rope is pre- Serial N0..236,349. (NomodelJ vented, and it is allowed to easily rise out from the said pulley when desired. The shaft 0 projects outwardly from each side of the heads of the pulleys O and provides a winding-surface between the said pulleys and the circular guard-plates 0. Two apertures, 0 are formed in the head-plates of the pulleys O, and through these apertures a rope, O passes, to thelower ends of which a bucket, D, is secured. This bucket D is adapted to receive weights, and can be adjusted and regulated to relatively operate in connection with carriers of varying weights.

As set forth in the drawings, the pulley and its supporting-frame, together with the bucket B,will be situated in the barn or other storage-house, and the rope 1 will pass through the pulley 2, which will be situated at the point where the carrier is loaded.

It will be understood that the weight placed in the bucket D will be sufficient to overcome the weight of the carrier; out when the carrier is loaded the combined weight of the carrier and load will overcome the weight in the bucket D, drawing the carrier back to the said pulley to be loaded.

\Vhen the rope 0, connected to the bucket D, is wound by the pulley O, the said rope coils around the shaft 0 between the heads of the pulley G and the circular guard-plates 0. By this means less mechanism is employed for attaining a double use and function of asingle shaft. It will be understood thatthe parts of my device will be constructed in a strong and durable manner, and the novelty thereof,being obvious, need not be further enlarged upon herein.

It is obvious that many changes can be made and substituted for those herein shown and described without departingin the least from the nature and principle of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In ahay-carrier counter-balance,the combination of the track or way A, the frame 0, secured under said track or way, the pulley G, mounted in said frame 0, the bucket D, acting in direct connection with the shaft of the said pulley, adapted to receive weights for operating the pulley to return the carrier, and the ropes l and 0 substantially as described.

2. In a hay-carrier counter-balance, the combination of the track or way A, the frame 0, secured under said track or way, the shaft G,- mounted in said frame, the pulley G, mounted on the central portion of said shaft and providing winding-surfaces on each side thereof, the guard-disks c, the bucket D, adapted to receive weights for the purpose set, forth, the rope 1, in connection with the pulley O and carriage, and the ropes 0 secured to the bucket D and adapted to be wound on the portions of the shaft C projecting outwardly from the pulley O, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the track A, having the carrier B mounted and having movement thereon, the frame 0, secured under the I 5 track A, andrhaving the depending hangers a and the guide-100p a secured thereto, the

shaft 0 having bearing in the lower portions JOHN MEGGERS.

Witnesses:

JAMEs Fox, PETER (J. HANSEN. 

